Author: tomlibertiny

“What if you could make a movie that cut out studios entirely, allowing the filmmaker to do as he or she pleased?” Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming movie Logan Lucky puts in place a system that is designed to end the way most visual artists work with traditional studios, much as CDBaby, MP3.com, and Apple iTunes ended…

Back in 2015 I launched a magazine with some friends to look at the genre of Steampunk from an avant garde perspective–particularly from the unorthodox niche encompassed in the phrase avant garde. And then I did nothing with what became Steampunk Art Magazine for two years. During that time, all my efforts in the Steampunk…

Fire your bombs, blast them into the hot night Death’s a brief transition, gruesome he’d say; Dissolve your fears, in the misty dawn’s light Long years he schemed, a learned man sans delight Before living for two taught him the way Fire your bombs, blast them into the hot night Noble beginnings, his story…

One of the interesting things about writing a book or music and then making the work available to everyone is the reader’s or listener’s feedback. One of my professor’s hated when we used the word “interesting” in a discussion because it didn’t tell him much about our viewpoint, which is what he was looking for…

“Think of what you’d tell a friend you hadn’t seen in a year.” I had the opportunity to meet Derek Sivers, the author of this quote, after he had founded CDBaby.com. It’s been years since he sold CDBaby and its been fun to learn about him and occasionally communicate with him as he reinvents himself,…

Joan Jett is my hero. Yes, there’s her music, live performances, and wonderful attitude. But the main reason why I love her is that she’s self-made. After an enormous amount of rejections from just about everyone in the music industry, she simply rolled up her sleeves, formed her own music label, and did it all…

At the beginning of 2017 June I wrote about how the relaunch of Gothic Girl Art Magazine had gotten away from me. Art For any creative project, it takes me a minimum of 6 weeks to go from concept to completion. This was also the case for the relaunch of our magazine. Conceptually, we knew…

Does this sound familiar? Somehow, our magazine’s relaunch got away from me. By two years. But, with the help of friends who have been with us for years and some new friends, we’re relaunching it during 2017 August. Thank you to everyone who has offered to contribute to our magazine. It’ll take us a few…

Back in 2016 September I started research for Steel (working title), a movie that Betty Riggs and I have teamed up to write. It’s a movie set in the early 1900’s during the technology revolution that lead to affordable automobiles. Henry Ford is one of the key characters in anything related to automobiles and the steel industry. To…

Somehow, our magazine’s relaunch got away from me. By two years. But, with the help of friends who have been with us for years and some new friends, we’re relaunching it during 2017 June. Thank you to everyone who has offered to contribute to our magazine. It’ll take us a few months to respond to your…